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Group Motivational Interviewing for Homeless Young Adults Associations of Change Talk With Substance Use and Sexual Risk Behavior
Author(s): Elizabeth J. D'Amico, Jon M. Houck, Joan Tucker, Brett Ewing, Eric R. Pedersen
Publication Date: 2017
Homeless young adults exhibit high rates of alcohol and other drug (AOD) use and sexual risk behaviors. This study is a secondary analysis of data collected in a randomized clinical trial of AWARE, a new 4 session group motivational interviewing intervention. AWARE mainly focused on alcohol use and sexual risk behavior given focus group feedback. We used sequential coding to analyze how the group process affected both AOD use and sexual risk beha...
HIV Risk Behavior and Access to Services: What Predicts HIV Testing among Heterosexually Active Homeless Men?
Author(s): Suzanne L. Wenzel, Harmony Rhoades, Joan S. Tucker, Daniela Golinelli, David P. Kennedy, Annie Zhou, Brett Ewing
Publication Date: 2012
This study examined the association between individual (HIV risk) and structural (service access) factors and past year HIV testing. (Authors)
Understanding Heterosexual Condom Use among Homeless Men
Author(s): J.S. Tucker, S.L. Wenzel, Daniela Golinelli, David P. Kennedy, Brett Ewing, Wetheimer S.
Publication Date: 2012
This study uses an event-based approach to examine individual, relationship, and contextual correlates of heterosexual condom use among homeless men. Structured interviews were conducted with a predominantly African American sample of 305 men recruited from meal lines in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles. (Authors)
Social networks of homeless youth in emerging adulthood
Author(s): Suzanne Wenzel, Ian Holloway, Daniela Golinelli, Brett Ewing, Richard Bowman, Joan Tucker
Publication Date: 2011
Little is known about the social networks of homeless youth in emerging adulthood despite the importance of this information for interventions to reduce health risks. This study examined the composition of social networks, and the risks and supports present within them, in a random sample of 349 homeless youth (33.4% female, 23.9% African American, 17.7% Hispanic) between the ages of 18 and 24. Social network members who were met on the street we...